THE LONELY SOLDIER MONOLOGUES (WOMEN AT WAR IN IRAQ)
Written by Helen Benedict
Directed by William Electric Black

UPCOMING:
Feb. 5-7, 2010: La MaMa Club Theatre, 74A East 4th Street (between 2nd& 3rd Ave.) – 212-475-7710 www.lamama.org.

This play premiered March 5-22, 2009 at
Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, NYC.
It was presented by Theater for the New City in association with Electric Black Experience Productions

 
Mickiela Montoya, a gunner whose story is in the play, on duty in Iraq. Photo by Darryl Joseph.

THE PLAY

"The Lonely Soldier Monologues (Women at War In Iraq)" is a new play by Helen Benedict, author of "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" (Beacon Press, April 2009).

The book is an intimate, unflinching, and sometimes disturbing portrait of women in today’s military.

This play was constructed from monologues of seven soldiers which were gathered through interviews and correspondence for the book.

Audiences will have the thrilling experience of being face-to-face with the characters, adding the immediacy of theater to what is already a rich literary experience.

The piece is directed by William Electric Black.

THE PLAY IN THE NEWS

Soldiers and Actors Meet at "The Lonely Soldier Monologues"
Four of the actors in "The Lonely Soldier Monologues" came face to face with their real-life counterparts in an extraordinary event Saturday, March 14 at Theater for the New City.

 

Front row: (L-R) Allison Troesch, Athena Colon, Cara S. Liander, (front, blue jacket) Kim Weston-Moran, (rear, hidden) Macah Coates, Julia Ahumada Grob, Verna Hampton. Photo by Nadia Kitirath.

 

Front row: (L-R, seated) Kim Weston-Moran, Verna Hampton, Allison Troesch. (behind, L-R) Cara S. Liander, Athena Colon. Photo by Nadia Kitirath.

 

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